Ignatius Kangave Musaazi (1905–1990) formed the first political party in Uganda. namely the Uganda National Congress (UNC) party on 2 March 1952. Musaazi became its first president, and Abubaker Kakyama Mayanja was the party's first secretary general. Other key figures of the UNC included Apollo K. Kironde who was the legal advisor to the party. Towards the end of 1951, Musaazi rented part of the ground floor of a house on what is now known as Musajjalumbwa Road near the Lubiri (palace) in Mengo. The house belonged to the late Yakobo Musajjalumbwa, a former treasurer (Omuwanika) of the Buganda kingdom. This house became a centre of political activity and in 1952 witnessed the birth of the Uganda National Congress.
THE LONG ROAD TO DAWN.
Uganda's Story, Told in Shadows and Fire
PART 1
Uganda’s independence did not arrive as a sudden miracle. It was shaped in silence, suffering and stubborn hope. Hope carried by people who dared to imagine a future beyond the rule of he who preached the cross and lived...
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